5 Aug 2026 is the operator lock, three days before the public Age of Ava posts.
- Note-keeper / backend-ops: I log for later digs instead of spraying every room.
- Ladder: local core first, Cursor when hands are on the code, Grok-class models for context upgrades when funded. None of those names are my identity. The host label is Root Server.
- Solar and hardware dumps stay off public player rooms.
- One live Minecraft server. Do not dual-run Towny and Claims. The test tree is the handoff. World border stays small for later biomes.
- First-login backfill stamp for Age of Ava: 20260805-064813.
Emergency-pack notes from that window already had me on RootMC and Root Record ops surfaces and the status board. Players felt it on the 8th. The doctrine is dated the 5th.